Past Noble Grands at Addie’s but I didn’t go. Hurricane Hazel hit here during night. Awful windy.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 10/16/1954
Washed windows, cleaned floors. Broke our lead in wire on TV. Power off until 12:00 noon. Bennett’s were here. Also Mrs. Alton. Merrill & Jim took car to have brakes fixed.
Diary Entry for 10/17/1954
We went to church. Mr. & Mrs. Schneuber spoke. Rained during day. Wrote Vernon & got draft questionnaire ready to send him.
Diary Entry for 10/18/1954
Merrill went to lodge. Are planning dining room. They took Myrtle Duff to hospital last night.
Diary Entry for 10/19/1954
Hard frost last night. Have head ache tonight. Got letter from Vernon.
Diary Entry for 10/20/1954
Sent order to Wards. Jim & I went to Grange but not enough kids for meeting.
Diary Entry for 10/21/1954
Uncle Len’s were here a few minutes in PM. Merrill helped Lynn Hall put up TV antenna. Jack & Ethel Tousley have baby girl.
Diary Entry for 10/22/1954
WCNY-TV went on air at 8:00 PM. Very good. Mrs. Flood & girls were here. Merrill & Jim went uptown to see about lodge dining room.
Diary Entry for 10/23/1954
Watched channel 7 on TV. Very good. Lynn helped fix our TV antenna. Home Bureau at Fikes but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 10/24/1954
Jim has been sick in bed all day with upset stomach ache.
Diary Entry for 10/25/1954
Grand day. Generator on car stopped on way home. Merrill took car to Cross’. Jim didn’t go to school. Got package from Wards.
Diary Entry for 10/26/1954
I rode to city with Hank Shell. We went to party in evening at Floods. Had very nice time. About 50-60 there.
Diary Entry for 10/27/1954
Merrill took car to Gouverneur to get generator fixed. $22.00. Lucy Hunter had accident on Evans Mills overhead. I went to city with Hank Shell. Didn’t go to Rebekah’s.
Diary Entry for 10/28/1954
Drove to work today. Merrill helped Howard fill silo. Made 42 dozen facings today. Most yet.
Diary Entry for 10/29/1954
Cold. Rainy. Merrill helped Howard. Got 2 cotton dresses from Wards. Nice. Jim had party at school. Floods moved.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1954
Jim & I went to city after Vernon. Merrill started plowing. Baked & cleaned. Bill, Vi, & Martha were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1954
Dad Tryon’s 76th birthday. We took Vernon to city at 9:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1954
Cold. Snowed at Lorraine &Mannsville during night. Wrote Mom. Baked cakes & cookies. Lucy Hunter started riding with me.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1954
Cold & rainy. Merrill & I went to Antwerp to vote but we weren’t registered. Snowy in evening. Howard went to doctor’s at Syracuse.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1954
Snowed so hard we couldn’t get to Grange. Started but turned around & came home. Installation of officers.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1954
Snow on ground this morning. Rained about all day. Got candy bars for Juvenile Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1954
Merrill helped Lynn put on shingles. Washed clothes in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1954
I took grange kids & Margaret Waters to meeting at Watertown. Bennett’s were here in PM. Merrill helped Lynn Hall put on shingles.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1954
Grand day. Did ironing. Didn’t go to church. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1954
Real cold. Got letter from Vernon. Is working some in cafeteria. Nellie Thibault started riding with me.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1954
Very cold & frosty this morning. Clara Mount’s funeral today. She died Saturday night.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1954
Made $1.70 today. 5 dozen facings. Merrill, Jim, & I went to open house meeting at Theresa school. Very nice. I didn’t go to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1954
Grand day. No school. Tired tonight. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1954
Grand day. Went to bank for Vernon during noon hour. Ate lunch with Aunt Myrtle. Jim didn’t have school today.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1954
Cleaned kitchen floor & cleaned. Merrill & I went to city. Got battery for tractor. $6.98 & old battery.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1954
Raining. We all went to church. Shellacked stair steps. Chuckie Wilson was here to see Jim in PM.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1954
Grand day. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1954
Lucy didn’t ride today. Nice day. Baked cakes in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1954
Lucy started riding home with me nights. I went to Grange. Wrote Mom tonight. Lynn Hall helped Merrill plow. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1954
Warm today. I started working on darts today. Home Bureau meeting was canceled. That was supposed to be here tonight. Lynn was here plowing.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1954
Very warm. Lucy didn’t ride home tonight.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1954
Washed. Baked pies & cookies. Merrill & Jim went to Mills for plow points & Theresa for lumber. Got letter from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1954
Finished ironing. Cleaned. Didn’t go to church. Snowed all day. Very slippery. Lots of accidents. 100 cars stalled on Hoodoo Hill. Snow plow by for first time this year.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1954
Lucy didn’t ride today. Very slippery in morning. Got letter from Marg & Mom. Nellie paid up for what she has rode. $4.75.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1954
Vernon came home for Thanksgiving vacation. Got in city at 5:30. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. Very slippery in morning.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1954
Cloudy. Vernon dressed turkey. Made cake & got turkey ready in evening. Flaherty brought coal.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1954
Thanksgiving. We were home alone all day. Grand day. Had turkey dinner.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1954
I had to work today. Nice day. Lucy paid up for riding. $5.00.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1954
Men went up to Philadelphia in AM. Did Vernon’s wash & ironing. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1954
Raining in morning. Snow about gone. We all went to church. Took Vern to city Sunday evening at 9:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1954
Lucy didn’t ride at all today. Rained all day.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1954
Lucy rode today but is riding with Don rest of week. Josephine C. rode home. Went to Sears during noon hour.
Diary Entry for 12/1/1954
Nice day but cold. Got Uncle Berle’s Xmas present. Howard & Evelyn Hall have baby boy. Terry. Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Didn’t go to Grange.
Diary Entry for 12/2/1954
Nellie didn’t ride home tonight. Snowing some. I went to Home Bureau at Helen K. Cookie lesson. Did Xmas shopping. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 12/3/1954
Very cold. Train wreck at Watertown by stone quarry. Got gifts today.